3. The Elderbush and The Old House

In this episode we’ll be reading two fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen: The Elderbush and The Old House. Andersen wrote many novels, plays, poems, and travelogues but the Danish author is certainly best known for his fairy tales. Early reviews of his fairy tales called them too informal and dialog heavy but now we can appreciate this is the very aspect of his style that makes his tales so timeless and enjoyable for children and adults alike.

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